pipelaser wrote: » How do you go about getting tickets for the game against Longford in Navan? I assume theres some sort of lottery?
CrabRevolution wrote: » When the first team championships start in August* do the "normal" rules on eligibility kick in, i.e. if you play a higher grade you can't play a lower grade?
CrabRevolution wrote: » Is anyone privy to the rules governing player eligibility for the "Premier" championships? The only fact I'm sure of is that a club can name 10 players who are ineligible to play for their 2nd team. I find this stupid enough to begin with but would like to know how the rest of the system works. When the first team championships start in August* do the "normal" rules on eligibility kick in, i.e. if you play a higher grade you can't play a lower grade? If so would this not mean that 2nd teams will play the first 3 rounds of Premier before losing maybe 10 players to the first team in one week and having a very different team for the 4th round? And this would then knock on to any potential third team. Also, if a club has a third team, do the "normal" rules apply regarding eligibility, or is it another chosen 10 for your second team? e.g. If a second team plays on Friday and uses 5 subs, does that mean those 20 players are ineligible to play for the third team on the Saturday? Or is there just a list of 20 players (10 first team and 10 second team) who can't play for the 3rd team?*Barring some miracle where Meath beat Dublin in Leinster.
Obrieski wrote: » Was only thinking the same myself earlier, not sure of any answer to this.There will be players playing Feis Cup on Wednesday and will they then be allowed play for the 2nd team on the weekend? It will definitely result in some mismatches at some point in the year you would imagine.
Obrieski wrote: » Just looked at the Meath GAA website, didn't realise the groups were so large - seems like it's a league format rather than similar to last year where there were smaller groups. This seems better with plenty of games for all teams which is good
Hammer Archer wrote: » Longford it is in Navan next Sunday. Honestly, not very confident especially with McGill suspended.
Cavan_King wrote: » Longford are atrocious. Mickey Graham threw his arse at the League in Cavan and got us relegated but the one game we won was vs Longford. They are atrocious. You wouldn’t see as many unforced errors at an U13 game.
dixiefly wrote: » Great win. They were not as good as in previous games but that was to be expected and Offaly worked very hard and had some very good players. Hopefully they can improve in the All-Ireland semi and win that one.
Hammer Archer wrote: » Any link for those regulations? Can't for the life of me find them.
CrabRevolution wrote: » The competition regulations (Cups and Championships) are up on the Meath GAA website for anyone interested in the earlier discussion. Whoever wins the Premier 7 or 8 will have some slog; 9 rounds of group games followed by a semi final and a final! I know some people say it's great to have so many games but at that level in my experience it just leads to dead rubbers and walkovers. If you're a 2nd/3rd team down in Premier 7 and you lose your first 2/3 games before starting to lose players to your first team, interest will just evaporate and you'll struggle to get teams out for the remaining games. In fact a lot of teams would see relegation as a positive since it'll be an easier chance of a trophy the following year.
vapor trails wrote: » In fairness that was a point kicking exhibition in the 2nd half with a wet ball. Did we have single-wide? And most were from a decent way out
enricoh wrote: » I'd say all but 2-3 points were from play. James mc enter kicked some great points when he came on, all the subs contributed well I thought.
Hammer Archer wrote: » Very much overestimated Longford. Tipperary must be absolutely woeful this season if they conspired to lose against them. Personally would prefer Dublin in the semi as well. May as well get it over with. Edit: I see I got my wish.
